“The town of Hunter is putting their 200-(kilowatt) system at their (former) landfill. and they have room for probably 2 megawatts up there,” said Cochran, who works for Infinite Renewable Energy. “So they’re willing to make it available.”

Hunter is expected to seek assistance from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to reduce the cost of a solar installation. He was not sure what Catskill’s cost to use the Hunter site would be.

“Hunter is ready to rock ’n’ roll on it,” he said. “They want to (approve the project) by July 17 and have their application in. They have two proposals already, and they’ve got two more to look at. Then they’re going to have a special meeting ... and they’ll be more installers there and finance people.”

Photon Consulting manager Stephanie Sienkowski said the town of Catskill uses 435,000 kilowatt hours of electricity every year and the village uses 691,000.

She said the town could lease the solar array for 25 years before taking ownership.

Sienkowski said the town currently pays about $113,100 per year under a rate of 26 cents per kilowatt hour while the village’s electricity costs are about $103,650 under a 15-cent rate.